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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-B6188 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Michael VIII Palaiologos; Constantinople Denomination: Trachea Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Byzantine Date made: 1261-1282 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.35 Weight (g): 2.58 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 713. |
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Description: Obverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon backless throne; holds in l. hand Gospels, r. hand raised in benediction. Reverse: Emperor being presented to Christ by Archangel Michael; emperor wears stemma, collar-piece, paneled loros of simplified type and sagion; above the Archangel Michael, beardless and nimbate; Christ, bearded and nimbate, wears tunic and kolobion, and crowns the emperor; holds scroll in l. hand. Inscriptions: Obverse: C XC (Jesus Christ) Reverse: A X M I (Archangel Michael) XC (Christ) Bibliography: Obverse type DOC V.107-108; Reverse type DOC V.46-55 Notes: Suspected mule. |
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| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Michael VIII Palaiologos Byzantine 1223 1282 | |
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